X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2FCommandGuide%2Fllvmgcc.pod;h=9892ca71861e37fd9f9bb4199041502b91050fd5;hb=0011dc4738fbe624d44197ef9496517fd093eaa4;hp=42012559c0a5f18e5bf83f2ad2e1b4204b42c5e2;hpb=f494e720cf81404a1541f9dbedeb555ce45e7291;p=oota-llvm.git diff --git a/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgcc.pod b/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgcc.pod index 42012559c0a..9892ca71861 100644 --- a/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgcc.pod +++ b/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgcc.pod @@ -11,19 +11,18 @@ B [I] I =head1 DESCRIPTION The B command is the LLVM C front end. It is a modified -version of gcc that takes C programs and compiles them into LLVM -bytecode or assembly language, depending upon the options. +version of gcc that compiles C/ObjC programs into native objects, LLVM +bitcode or LLVM assembly language, depending upon the options. -Unless the B<-S> option is specified, B will use the -L program to perform some optimizations and create an -LLVM bytecode file. Unless the B<-c> option is specified, B -will also use the L program to perform further -optimizations and link the resulting bytecode file(s) with support -libraries to create an executable program. +By default, B compiles to native objects just like GCC does. If the +B<-emit-llvm> and B<-c> options are given then it will generate LLVM bitcode files +instead. If B<-emit-llvm> and B<-S> are given, then it will generate LLVM +assembly. Being derived from the GNU Compiler Collection, B has many of gcc's features and accepts most of gcc's options. It handles a -number of gcc's extensions to the C programming language. +number of gcc's extensions to the C programming language. See the gcc +documentation for details. =head1 OPTIONS @@ -33,18 +32,6 @@ number of gcc's extensions to the C programming language. Print a summary of command line options. -=item B<-S> - -Do not generate an LLVM bytecode file. Rather, compile the source -file into an LLVM assembly language file. - -=item B<-c> - -Do not generate a linked executable. Rather, compile the source -file into an LLVM bytecode file. This bytecode file can then be -linked with other bytecode files later on to generate a full LLVM -executable. - =item B<-o> I Specify the output file to be I. @@ -62,19 +49,13 @@ repeated. =item B<-l>I Link in the library libI.[bc | a | so]. This library should -be a bytecode library. - -=item B<-Wa,>I